Tolerance to malaria by means of iron control
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - 17:01
in Health & Medicine
Malaria is a life-threatening condition that exposes approximately half of the world’s population to the risk of developing a severe and often lethal form of disease. Researchers have discovered that the development of severe forms of malaria can be prevented by a simple mechanism that controls the accumulation of iron in tissues of the infected host.